Move to Amend

The public is invited to a panel discussion on money and politics and its impact on our democracy featuring former members of the U.S. House of Representatives Dennis Eckart and Steven LaTourette with Greg Coleridge, Ohio Move To Amend.

Dennis Eckart is a lawyer, politician and member of the Democratic Party who represented Ohio's 11th Congressional District from 1983 to 1993, and Ohio's 22nd Congressional District from 1981 to 1983. Mr. Eckart now heads North Shore Associates.

Legalize Democracy examines the history of the relationship between corporate power, oppression and people’s social movements in the quest for real democracy in the US.

The 28-minute documentary utilizes interviews and historical, legal and constitutional evidence to document how people of all genders, nationalities and races have strived for democracy and how corporations and the wealthy few have won never intended rights and power to rule – at the expense of our civil liberties, communities and environment.

AFSC Committee person Carla Rautenberg was one of the leaders of the successful Cleveland Heights Move to Amend citizens initiative campaign. She shares why she got involved, how the campaign went, what lessons were learned and are transferable, and how the MTA amendment is superior to other current related proposed constitutional amendments.

Legalize Democracy examines the history of the relationship between corporate power, oppression and people’s social movements in the quest for real democracy in the US.

The 28-minute documentary utilizes interviews and historical legal and constitutional evidence to document how people of all genders, nationalities and races have strived for democracy and how corporations and the wealthy few have won never intended rights and power to rule – at the expense of our civil liberties, communities and environment.

Legalize Democracy examines the history of the relationship between corporate power, oppression and people’s social movements in the quest for real democracy in the US.

The 28-minute documentary utilizes interviews and historical legal and constitutional evidence to document how people of all genders, nationalities and races have strived for democracy and how corporations and the wealthy few have won never intended rights and power to rule – at the expense of our civil liberties, communities and environment.

Pictured in image: State Representative Marcy Kaptur, State Representative Nickie Antonio H Lakewood City Councilman at Large Tom BullockCorporate Personhood Expert Greg Coleridge of the American Friends Service Committee

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